Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I witnessed the beautiful sight of a tiny baby bird struggling to take flight from its nest. "You can do it," I muttered, which I guess my asswipe of a cat heard as "Quick, go kill that bird and scar me for life, please." FML
Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML
Today, I found a bird that had fallen from its nest, so I made a new nest for it in a shoebox and put it as close to the old one as possible. When I checked back on it later, all I found was a chewed-up corpse. FML
Today, my mom was criticizing how I can't handle taking care of any living thing because I'm too irresponsible. We had a huge argument so I went back to my apartment, only to find that my fish had died. I forgot I had a fish. FML
Today, I watched a cat pounce on a small bird and rip it to shreds, feather by feather. It wouldn't have been any worse than mildly disturbing, had I not just spent the last 4 weeks nursing the bird back to health from a broken wing. FML
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Volcan_fml 22
Your mom sounds like a bitch.
Bekll 31
Your mother is heartless. I would have cried too.
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hurgleburger 2
I found a featherless baby bird and was able to rehabilitate it. Next time make a nest out of paper towel and a basket and put it by the tree
aliyourpally 12
Your moms an asshole. I love animals. She needs a ******* heart.
FalconSam1414 19
Aww I love birds and once I tried to rehabilitate a baby sparrow and she died the next day. Wild birds are hard to keep alive but I gave it my all :'( at least my bird didn't get ripped to shreds by the local raccoons, so she was able to pass peacefully. I'm sorry, I know how you feel about the birdie :'(
jennifernorvell 7
Idk ur mom but I wanna punch her in the face
soulofnature 8
At least you tried, OP! A lot of people wouldn't have bothered. Sorry you didn't have a better outcome. Years ago, I was walking down the street to my friend's house at night and I stepped on something when I was crossing the street. When I went to check it out, to my horror I realized it was a newborn baby bird. It was so tiny that I had no idea it was there, plus it was dark outside, but I felt awful and cried. Anyway, forget what your mom said. Having compassion toward animals does not make you weak.
44magnum3333 2
Dude, its a bird. It doesnt think like a person. And you are weak
DoxIxHAVExTo 10
Aww, that's adorable. Does the macho man feel better calling someone else weak?
Shrike 24
Hahaha! If we valued life based only on the intelligence level, we'd have executed all you internet tough guys a long time ago, 127.
missababgaga 19
This actually made me feel quite sad :(
pikachuthekyd 4
Your moms a bitch
swiftangel 1
What a cold hearted b*tch!! Good for you for having a heart for a sweet defenseless creature.
taurusxdee 10
You did a great thing=] chin up.